How Does Understanding God’s Plan Change My Prayer Life?

June 29, 2012 by 2 Comments

When I was a self-serving teenager and my mother would try to help steer my course, she often said, “I can see around the corner. You can’t yet.” Oh how those words raked my soul. “BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!” was how that translated into my 15-year-old brain. She could see that my path was going to end badly, but I wanted what I wanted. Guess what I eventually learned? She was right. She COULD see around the corner.

At the end of the journey, and a lot of heartache to deal with,  I found my self saying, “I wish I had done things differently”? I wouldn’t have stayed committed to my choices if I could have seen the destruction ahead. I should have trusted my mom because she knew what was coming.

Our relationship with God is much the same. He can see WAY around the corner. He can see things that we can’t fathom. In fact, He doesn’t just see the around the corner, He sees the whole map of your life.  He doesn’t just see the map of YOUR life He sees the maps of some 7,050,052,989 of His children. One important piece of the prayer puzzle is understanding “He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago“ (Eph. 2:10).

He has plans for us that we just can’t see yet. His plans for us are the best (Jer. 29:11).  He executes His plans with divine wisdom. “This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength” (1 Cor 1:25).

Sometimes when things seem like they aren’t going our way, we gripe and complain. We doubt God’s plan and maybe doubt if He’s even there. “WHY WON’T YOU ANSWER MY CRY?” is the plea of our hearts. But friend, this is when we need to gain spiritual vision. We need to stop and believe the truth that He is working out what is eternally best for you (Rom. 8:28).

Let’s look at God’s plan for Jesus.

Talk about a well executed plan. The bible says, “Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ” (Eph. 1:4-5). God worked up a plan that took thousands of years to unfold.

After Jesus died, was resurrected and ascended into heaven, Peter presented the gospel message to a massive crowd assembled in Jerusalem for Pentecost (Acts 2). He said:

“People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know. But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him.”

Now in man’s folly that seems like a plan gone horribly wrong. Jesus. Dead. He prayed to be spared (Mt. 26:30) so why didn’t God come through for Him? If the Father will turn His back on Jesus like that He will do the same to us?

If that thought has crossed your mind keep listening to Peter’s lesson. “But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.” In the resurrection from the dead Jesus proved His total supremacy. He proved there was no other God who possessed power over the grave. If there was going to be a resurrection there had to be a death.

What seemed like a total debacle, a super-natural blunder, was actually part of God’s eternal purpose. If Jesus did not rise, then the whole point of Christianity died on Crucifixion Friday. If Jesus did not rise, He was a liar. If Jesus did not rise, there is no hope for me.

But He did. I believe it. And my faith in that truth has transformed the life of a rebellious, lost girl into something only a living-God could accomplish.

So the next time you question God’s plan or think He isn’t listening, remember that what you are going through is all part of His plan. For their to be a resurrection, there has to be death first.

 

 

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Unanswered Prayers: Who’s to Blame?

June 28, 2012 by 2 Comments

 

Yesterday I talked about, learning to pray by giving everything to God. That includes the ugliest parts of us.

Today I want to talk about something that prevents God from answering our prayers. Remember, He’s not a genie in a bottle granting arbitrary wishes. He is a holy and just God. He is a God that desires to give good gifts to His children (Mat. 7:11). So if He isn’t answering, He’s got a good reason. That reason may be you.

Consider this:

1. “God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law” (Proverbs 28:9).

How often do you read your bible? Right now do you know where you bible is? Have you opened it with the purpose of being convicted? Have you read it, studied it, but neglected to do anything it says? Our attitude toward the scriptures have a direct correlation to the action God takes on our behalf.  If you find your prayers seem like they are hitting the ceiling and bouncing back, start re-evaluating the attention you pay to God’s law. If you don’t value His written word it tells God you don’t really value Him.

2. “If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened” (Psalm 66:18).

Another prayer blocker is a sinful heart. I don’t believe for a moment that we have to come to God in a state of perfection. However, if you have some unresolved sin or lingering mistakes that you’ve never faced, that may be the reason He is choosing to not listen. You will know if you are in sin by taking care of #1, reading His word. If you find yourself living in disobedience to Him you are in sin and your prayers will keep coming back void.

3. “And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure” (James 4:3).

Motive is everything. We may be coming to God with virtually the same request but our heart distinguishes the motive. I have heard prayer request for healing. Some will say, “I haven’t had a chance to accomplish my dreams Lord, please heal me.” Yet others have said, “Lord, my life is in your hands. I ask for healing so that I can provide for my family.” Or, “Lord please give us this house, it is exactly what we want.” Compared to, “Lord, if you allow us to have this home we will dedicate it to you. We will be hospitable and use it to provide refuge from the world to weary travelers.”  Check your motives before you pray. Are you praying for your own pleasure or are you making requests  without regard for self.

So before you start blaming God, or doubting Him, check yourself first. Make sure you have the right attitude about His law, your heart is clean, and your motives are pure.

Tomorrow the discussion will be, “What Do You Do When God Says No?”

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Teach Us to Pray: Learning to Give God the Good, the Bad AND the Ugly!

June 27, 2012 by 1 Comment

Growing closer to God.

I sit with a lot of people who say they want a deeper relationship with God but don’t know how. They want to have spiritual communion with the Creator, but they aren’t sure where to begin.

A few years ago Daniel and I sat down with a young woman who was trapped in drug addiction. I didn’t know if we could help her. I didn’t know if we’d ever see her again, but the one thing I could leave her with was an invitation to pray. She grew up “in church” but wept as she said, “I don’t know how.”

How do you pray? Maybe you do pray but feel like your prayers are faint. How can you make your prayer life deeper?

If you find yourself unable to pray, or unable to pray deeply, consider this: do you have a wrong concept of what prayer even is? I notice that some folks have a lot of preconceived, false ideas of prayer. One of those lies about prayer is that it has to be structured, formal, or verbose to attract God’s attention. What we are saying is, “I can’t come to God the way I am.” Let me tell you, God doesn’t want a polished version of you. He just wants the raw you poured out on His throne.

That’s all prayer is. It is nothing more than your heart poured out to God in words. I mean really poured out.  The crazy thing is we don’t even have to come up with words.

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.  And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. Romans 8:26-27

Now let’s look at one of the recorded prayers in the psalms. Max Lucado tweeted this, a while back and I still love it, “The Psalms give us permission to pound on God’s chest.” Oh do they ever give us permission to just wail on God.

Psalm 88 is pretty much nothing but pounding.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care. You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths. Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. 

You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape. My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my hands to you for mercy. Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you?  

Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction? Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? O Lord, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day. O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?

I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors. Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.

I know there’s a lot of cute little acronyms out there to help you pray better, like “ACTS” (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication), but Psalm 88 is nothing but dumping on God. Sometimes I think we are afraid God can’t handle all of the negative emotions that clog us up inside. Trust me, He can.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that is all our prayer life should be. But if we can’t give God the ugly, we will never be able to give Him the rest of our heart. I have resigned to the fact that He can see all the garbage in me, so I am better off to just expose it myself. Like David said, “Search me, O God, and know my heart.”

So today, surrender yourself, the good, the bad, AND the ugly, to a God who desperately wants to hear from you.


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Is God Listening?

June 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Ok. Confession time. Sometimes during the day when one of my kids is telling me a story I zone out. I just simply don’t hear a thing that they’re saying. My mind blocks out time for “important” information and a detailed description of last night’s Rick Riordan chapter on the Egyptian Sun God doesn’t cut it. My son is now old enough to call me out on my little mental vacations. “Mom, why are you looking like that?” “Are you listening?”

Ugh… talk about a terrible mother moment.  It gets worse, because the problem is, that no matter how hard I try, sometimes I still find it impossible to focus, listen and comprehend.

Do you ever feel like God is like that too? Do you ever find yourself not wanting to pray because you aren’t sure if He’s even listening?

We may feel like that, but the truth is God is a better parent than I am. God listens better than I do. God even likes all the details. He wants us to lay in all on Him and hold nothing back.

O Lord, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,  for I pray to no one but you. Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. Psalm 5:1-3

The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.” Psalm 91:14-16

They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention. He hears the cries of the needy. Job 34:28

If you find yourself reluctant to pray because you aren’t sure if He’s listening, remind yourself of the truth. He wants you to call Him. And He wants to answer the call.

Tomorrow I’ll talk about practical ways to deepen your prayer life. See you then.

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Sex, Marriage, & Fairytales

June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment

“Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.” Hebrews 13:4

 

Follow up to last week’s posts on marriage.

 

 

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Marriage Myth #5: Being Married is Better than Being Single

June 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment

It doesn’t take long to browse around my writings to see that I’m a huge advocate for marriage. I definitely felt led to marriage and I love it… now. But there is a myth out there that is deeply wounding single people. Whether we speak it or not, we believe being married is better than being single. This especially happens in the church.

I remember back in the day when I was a college student working at a summer camp how this impacted me. The camp had leadership programs for boys to learn “church duties.” There was no counterpart for girls. So I suggested taking one bible lesson and teaching the teen girls how to prepare lessons for children, using a different targeted age group each day. The director loved my idea and said, “Maybe we could get one of the preacher’s wives to teach it.”  Teaching children was my passion. With my jaw dropped, I walked away feeling as if my talents were ignored simply because I didn’t have “Mrs.” before my name.

Two of the most prolific contributors to the New Testament were… you guessed it… SINGLE! Jesus and the Apostle Paul were not married, spouseless, flying solo. Whatever you want to call it they served God without marriage. This portion of 1 Cor. 7 says it best:

Now regarding your question about the young women who are not yet married. I do not have a command from the Lord for them. But the Lord in his mercy has given me wisdom that can be trusted, and I will share it with you. Because of the present crisis, I think it is best to remain as you are. If you have a wife, do not seek to end the marriage. If you do not have a wife, do not seek to get married. But if you do get married, it is not a sin. And if a young woman gets married, it is not a sin. However, those who get married at this time will have troubles, and I am trying to spare you those problems.

But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short. So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage. Those who weep or who rejoice or who buy things should not be absorbed by their weeping or their joy or their possessions. Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.

I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him. But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. His interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit. But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband. I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.

But if a man thinks that he’s treating his fiancée improperly and will inevitably give in to his passion, let him marry her as he wishes. It is not a sin. But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry. So the person who marries his fiancée does well, and the person who doesn’t marry does even better.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but only if he loves the Lord. But in my opinion it would be better for her to stay single, and I think I am giving you counsel from God’s Spirit when I say this.

What I get from that passage is, you do what glorifies God the most in your life, whether it is being single or married. During the conditions Paul was writing in, he was suggesting single-hood.

Maybe you are single and feel pressure to find “Mr. Right” or “Mrs. Right”? I would like to suggest embracing your single status and giving it to God as an offering. Maybe you are one of us married folk who has a hard time accepting other people’s single-hood? May I suggest this, rather that match making, help them appreciate where they are. And all of us, whether single or married need to use our circumstances to serve the Lord the best way we can!

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Marriage Myth #4: Marriage Means Happily Ever After

June 21, 2012 by 1 Comment

Sometimes I think we treat marriage more like a fairy tale than real life. We have bought into the Cinderella story hook, line and sinker. We have been duped into believing the fantasy. We believe marriage is the cure-all remedy for life. It’s the magic pill that will heal our condition. Drink the potion and all will be well. We believe:

  • Marriage makes people happy.
  • We won’t have problems if we stay in-love.
  • Marriage will end my loneliness.
  • Marriage will make me complete.
  • Romantic love is key to a long-term marriage.
  • A good marriage automatically grows over time.

It is just not so. Marriage is a hard-fought battle. When the battle rages we don’t realize that our opponent isn’t our spouse. The battle we fight is against it is our self.

The marriage bed must be a place of mutuality—the husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the wife seeking to satisfy her husband. Marriage is not a place to “stand up for your rights.” Marriage is a decision to serve the other, whether in bed or out.  (from 1 Cor. 7 MSG)

Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to one another.Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands. Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh. (from Eph. 5 MSG)


In the “battle period” of our marriage I was convinced that I had to fix my husband. I just knew that if I got him to see things my way that everything would be ok. I pressed. I prodded. I nagged. And guess what? Nothing got better. Nothing got better because I was living in disobedience to the counsel of the God of the Universe. 

“Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.” Rom. 12:10

You want to drink the magic elixir that can save your marriage?  It is called imitating Christ (1 Cor. 11:1). Think about just a few days of Jesus’ life leading up to his death. Jesus sat at a table with his betrayer and washed his feet. He allowed mortal men to arrest him, the King of all Kings. They tried him and crucified him in criminal fashion. He died a brutal death. Why? To provide a sacrifice to save YOU from your sin. He did it to serve you.

And we are called to imitate him.  ”Marriage is not a place to “stand up for your rights.” Marriage is a decision to serve the other.”  So today when you get frustrated that things aren’t going your way and your spouse just doesn’t “get it.” Go serve and see what God can do!

 

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Marriage Myth #3: Porn Won’t Hurt My Marriage

June 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment

 

Whether you are married yet or not pornography will hurt you. We’ve heard the laundry lists of excuses given.

  1. It spices up our marriage.
  2. What’s the harm in looking?
  3. Men need an outlet.
  4. What’s it hurt?
  5. It’s not like cheating.

Let me say, no excuse offered is stronger than this:

But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your hand—even your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. -Jesus

I am no biblical scholar, but that pretty well has pornography and masturbation covered. If Jesus says a better option for me is to gouge out my eye or cut off my hand than to lust, then lust will hurt. Lust ends in eternal destruction. So will affect my marriage? Unquestionably, YES! 

On the flip side, Job’s righteousness and faith were demonstrated in his ability to deny his flesh. “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman. For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?”

Pornography leaves men disconnected from their women. It leaves women feeling insecure and unloved. Whether it’s before or during the relationship, porn hurts marriage.

Check out this article, the first in a series on Rise of the Home:  Pornography: Removing the Veil & Shining the Light on the Beast.

If you find yourself wanting to get out of your addiction to porn there are people who can help. If you find yourself in a loveless marriage because porn is robbing you of pure love, there is support for you. And no matter how terrifying the beast, there is a God who is more than able to slay him on your behalf.

 

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Marriage Matters: Myth #2 Sex Before Marriage is Normal

June 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

“Everybody’s done it. Sex before marriage isn’t a big deal.  These days it’s normal. I’m sure God excuses it. It won’t affect my marriage.”

Let’s look at a few people from the bible who indulged in sexual sin and see if sex outside of marriage did matter.

First stop Gen 35:22. Jacob’s oldest son Reuben slept with one of Jacob’s concubines. In Gen 49:3-4 as Jacob is closing out his life he tells Reuben that he has lost his rights as first-born because of his sexual sin. Losing your first-born status is pretty much losing it all. Reuben lost his inheritance, his authority in his family and his place in the lineage of Jesus all because he couldn’t control is sex drive. Sex outside of marriage did matter.

Next stop, 2 Samuel 11-12. Kings of ancient times had unadulterated power. No one got in their way. Once a humble servant, King David let the power go to his head when he saw Bathsheba bathing. His lust was aroused. He was king. He could have what he wanted. He sinned. After the prophet Nathan convicted David of his sin, he told him that the child born of their sin would die.  Sex outside of marriage did matter.

Today’s final destination Proverbs 7: 6-27.

When from the window of my house, from behind the screen, I gazed down, I looked among the naive young men and noticed among the youth, one who had no sense. He was crossing the street at her corner and walked down the path to her house in the early evening, at the onset of night and darkness. All of a sudden a woman approaches him, dressed like a prostitute and with a cunning mind. She is noisy and defiant; her feet don’t stay long in her own house. She has one foot in the street, one foot in the public square. She lies in wait at every corner. She grabs him and kisses him. Her face is brazen as she speaks to him: “I’ve made a sacrifice of well-being; today I fulfilled my solemn promises. So I’ve come out to meet you, seeking you, and I have found you. I’ve spread my bed with luxurious covers, with colored linens from Egypt. I’ve sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let’s drink deep of love until morning; let’s savor our lovemaking. For my husband isn’t home; he’s gone far away. He took a pouch of money with him; he won’t come home till full moon.” She seduces him with all her talk. She entices him with her flattery. He goes headlong after her, like an ox to the slaughter, like a deer leaping into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird hurrying to the snare, not aware that it will cost him his life. Now children, listen to me, and pay attention to my speech. Don’t turn your heart to her ways; don’t wander down her paths. She has caused many corpses to fall; she has killed many people. Her house is a path to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

Corpses. Killed. Grave. Chamber of Death. Sex outside of marriage did matter.

Let’s bring this home. I’ve said it before, but sexual sin before marriage almost destroyed our home and ministry. In our home Satan used it to build a trap of lies, insecurities, contempt, and anger. We were ensnared. Until the Truth literally set us free.

How about you? Are you in a marriage where past sexual sin is the unspoken secret causing distance? Are you making excuses why your sex life outside of marriage isn’t going to affect your future spouse? Know this. Sex before  marriage matters. Marriage matters!

Tomorrow: Marriage Myth #3: Pornography Won’t Affect My Marriage

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The Myth of Marriage: Why Marriage Won’t Fix Your Problem with Sin

June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment

In our ministry we counsel a lot of couples who are married or getting ready to “take the plunge.” We hear their stories week after week. And we share our story of God’s redemption in return.

Over the years we’ve heard a lot of confessions in those meetings. We’ve heard confessions of women who gave themselves away in a desperate attempt to be loved. They may not have wanted to, but they gave away their bodies in sin. No matter how many years have passed, they are still carrying the weight of those mistakes and the scars of sin, often leading them into the same situation in other relationships.

We have also heard endless confessions of men who were exposed to pornography or sexual sin at a young age. Those images and experiences took root in their minds and led to porn addictions, masturbation, and sex outside of marriage.

Whether it’s a man or woman, they come wounded. They come to the relationship defiled.

“Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer. But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. These are what defile you…” Matthew 15:17-20

At the point of marriage the great deceiver convinced them that marriage would fix their problem with sin. The truth is, sin is rottenness in our bones. Sin will corrupt our spirits and erode our marriages. Sin will take you where you never wanted to go. And it will lock you in places you never wanted to stay.

Sin promises pleasure, but it only gives destruction. Rather than being characterized by joy, our lives are filled with anger, discontentment, and more sin.

There is only one solution for sin. His name is Jesus.

The message of the Messiah promised the coming of one who would bring healing and freedom.

The Spirit of God, the Master, is on me because God anointed me. He sent me to preach good news to the poor, heal the heartbroken, announce freedom to all captives,  pardon all prisoners. Isaiah 61:1-2

Of all the passages of scripture that exist, Jesus began his ministry with that one.

The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,
and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”

He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

Today if you find yourself drowning in circumstances and your marriage falling apart let me tell you this, your spouse isn’t to blame, sin is. Your spouse can’t fix the problems. Marriage won’t solve anything. But the one who said he will bring good news and set us free can. He will. He is only waiting on you to invite him in.

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 7:28-30

Invite Jesus into your life and into your home. He is the solution.

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